The association between the geography of fast food outlets and childhood obesity rates in Leeds, UK

To analyse the association between childhood overweight and obesity and the density and proximity of fast food outlets in relation to the child’s residential postcode. This was an observational study using individual level height/weight data and geographic information systems methodology. Leeds in W...

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Published in:Health & place 2010-11, Vol.16 (6), p.1124-1128
Main Authors: Fraser, Lorna K., Edwards, Kimberley L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Density
Deprivation
England - epidemiology
Fast food
Fast Foods
Female
Geographic location
Geographical information systems
Geography
GIS
Health technology assessment
Humans
Male
Modelling
Obese children
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Overweight
Restaurants
Spatial analysis
United Kingdom
Urban Population
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Summary:To analyse the association between childhood overweight and obesity and the density and proximity of fast food outlets in relation to the child’s residential postcode. This was an observational study using individual level height/weight data and geographic information systems methodology. Leeds in West Yorkshire, UK. This area consists of 476 lower super-output areas. Children aged 3–14 years who lived within the Leeds metropolitan boundaries ( n=33,594). The number of fast food outlets per area and the distance to the nearest fast food outlet from the child’s home address. The weight status of the child: overweight, obese or neither. 27.1% of the children were overweight or obese with 12.6% classified as obese. There is a significant positive correlation ( p
ISSN:1353-8292
1873-2054
DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.07.003